Julia Lang is a winner-beautiful, vivacious, publicity director of London's top hotel. Robert Brand is charismatic, handsome with his vast fortune he can works magic. Together they make a golden couple, the world at their feet. Together they can almost forget Robert's unhappy marriage to Grace, a union bound by secrets a generation old. . . until, suddenly, Julia's world is shattered when Robert tragically dies; inheriting his fortune leaves her little consolation. But when his Swiss bank denies the existence of her inheritance, she begins to realize that her perfect life with Robert may been built on a lie. Determined to learn the truth, Julia hires investigator Guy Ravenal to track down Brand's legacy. His plan is daring and dangerous, but not even he can foresee the horrors they will uncover, nor the ruthlessness of Julia's enemies. From London to Geneva. Paris and Acapulco, Roderick Mann weaves an unforgettable web of glamour, passion, deceit and chilling suspense.